124 LAWS APPLICABLE TO DEPAETMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



"An act authorizing a grant to the State of California of the Yosem- 

 ite Valley, and of the land embracing the Mariposa Big-Tree Gro^e 

 appi-oved June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixtf-four. or as 

 affecting any bona-fide entry of land made within thi limUs above 



t,f S^**'?^''.^' ^^^' ^- ^263, s. 1, 26 Stat. 650. 



All the lands described iu this section and not included wiHiin h,<. 

 description of the land described iu act Februarr 7 iS?^ .^i^ *^.® 

 set forth below, are made a part of the sSa^FoVesf Ret,ri'' h'; I' 

 proviso annexed to section 1 of said act Februaiy 7 SS ^'''' ^^ ^ 



Ihe recession by the State of California of the Yoseniite Vnllpr on^ 



p -;M-:s^?foii?sf sSs^f^^srSiSi^ 



Fore.st Reserve, by Kes. June 11, 1906, No 27. se'fol^li on p 127 po.T'' 



^°''flrlTIl ""I"^" '°°*'°^ °^ Secretary of the Interior; rules and regulations 

 for care and management, preservation of timber, etc • leaserfor b, fid7.<^ 



tJefpas^e's.'"'"'' '' "^^"""^ P^°*^^*^- '' fis'h'lnd g:m:;'"em'o;i^of 



Sec. 2. That said reservation shall be under the exclusive control 



pracdcatr rLa'n' and"^ "^"f ^f^ '' shall be, as soon a 



practicaDle, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he 



may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the 

 same. Such regulations shall provide for the prcservTtSn from 

 injury of all timber, mineral deposits, natural curiLitTes! or wondeS 

 Th^5p?"f ^'^'^^^'^^^^^"^ ,^Pd their retention in their naturd conSn 

 Il^l"^ "''^; "' ^^is ^^iscretion, grant leases for buildino: ur-" 

 ?nf^. i''™r ''^^ exceeding ten yea?s of smaU parcels of aground 

 not exceeding five acres; at such places in said reservation af shall 

 require he erection of buildings for the accommodatTon of visitors 

 all of the proceeds of said leases and other revenues that mav be' 

 derived from any source connected with said reservation o b^ 

 expended under his direction in the management of tl^sTme and 

 the cons ruction of roads and paths therein. He si all provide 

 against the wanton destruction of the fish, and ganie found wi Sin 

 said reservation, and against their captur'e or destruction for the 

 purposes of merchandise or profit. He shall also ca se aH persons 

 trespassing upon the same after the passage of this act to be removed 

 therefrom, and, generally, shall be authoSzed to take all suclfmeas 



Act October 1, 1890, c. 1263, s. 2, 26 Stat. 051 



Provisions for the protection and adunnistratlon of forest reservntlotiQ 

 l^n general are contained in act June 4. 1897. c. 2. a l,SoiS on p. 8^! 



Additional forest reserves in California; description. 



Sec. 3. There shall also be and is hereby reserved and withdrawn 

 from settlomon. occupancy or sale under the laws of the United 

 States, and shall be set apart as reserved forest lands, as hereinbefore 



